by Dwalin2014 » Sat Mar 07, 2015 3:41 pm
ukthesis wrote:Even in the 1960's it wasnt always the case. Herbert Itkin, a lawyer, ended up getting Tony Corallo put in jail. When they once met, all Corallo said was that Iktin did a nice job on him (with sarcasm). Allan Glick, who helped put most of the midwest mob leadership in jail in the Las Vegas cases of the 1980s, never suffered any retaliation and from memory all he needed was a fancy security system installed in his mansion.
I think it depends on each boss's personality, how vengeful they are. Vito Genovese or Albert Anastasia would whacked every informant any time, others like Tony Ducks were softer maybe. It's strange though that Glick didn't suffer retaliation, I though at least Aiuppa of all defendants in that case was a ferocious guy. Maybe Accardo put a veto on hitting Glick, since he himself didn't have motive to hold big grudges, not being convicted in the Strawman case.
[quote="ukthesis"]Even in the 1960's it wasnt always the case. Herbert Itkin, a lawyer, ended up getting Tony Corallo put in jail. When they once met, all Corallo said was that Iktin did a nice job on him (with sarcasm). Allan Glick, who helped put most of the midwest mob leadership in jail in the Las Vegas cases of the 1980s, never suffered any retaliation and from memory all he needed was a fancy security system installed in his mansion.[/quote]
I think it depends on each boss's personality, how vengeful they are. Vito Genovese or Albert Anastasia would whacked every informant any time, others like Tony Ducks were softer maybe. It's strange though that Glick didn't suffer retaliation, I though at least Aiuppa of all defendants in that case was a ferocious guy. Maybe Accardo put a veto on hitting Glick, since he himself didn't have motive to hold big grudges, not being convicted in the Strawman case.